Anthony Borde Eliminated in 18th Place; Olivier Busquet Eliminated in 19th Place ($56,000)
The next two eliminations on Day 5 belonged to Anthony Borde and Olivier Busquet. Both were eliminated on the same hand against Ryan Fair, and here's how it went down.
Busquet raised to 50,000 from under the gun before Fair reraised to 132,000 from the next seat. Action then folded to Borde in the cutoff seat, and he moved all in for approximately 750,000. After action folded back to Busquet, he called all in for around 510,000. Fair then called and put both players at risk.
Busquet was the shortest stack of the three and held the 
. Borde was also at risk, and he held the 
. Fair had both of them crushed with both chips and hand, holding the 
.
The 
board provided no help, and Fair sent both Busquet and Borde out the door. Both earned $56,000 while Fair increased to 3.7 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,600,000 | 1,260,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |